8600k OC

[Nerdom]

So I'm in the process of OCing my 8600k, but I'm not really sure of the OC that I should reach. I'm currently stable at 5.0ghz, but is that about all I should be able to squeeze out of the chip or not? Cooler:Deepcool - GAMMAXX GT 29.5 CFM CPU Cooler

[jiyeon]

Define stable in your use case. Running 5GHz on the desktop isn't exactly 'stable', so run a benchmarking app like Cinebench and see if you can run 5GHz.

 

Assuming you are stable at 5GHz, if you want to go for 5.1 or even 5.2GHz, you're definitely going to need to increase your voltage a lot. Watch your temps too.

 

I was able to run a 5GHz Cinebench benchmark and got 70°C, I haven't gone further since then.

[Connor Price]

With that cooler, you'll run into temp issues beyond 5GHz anyway, so for now I'd just focus on getting it 100% stable at 5GHz or something like 4.8GHz. I can get to 5.1GHz with my 8600k very easily with not too high voltage but my Cryorig H7 cooler is fully maxed out at that point (90c from one cinebench run) so I keep it at 4.7GHz where it gets to a max of 70c. 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

5GhZ sounds about right. Most Coffee Lake chips can't reach more than 5GhZ anyways (he says with an 8700K that he took to 5.3)

[Nerdom]

Ok, thanks